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The ninth entry in the mainline Resident Evil series is fast approaching, but if you’re thinking that it could be the ideal point to jump in for the first time, you’ll almost certainly be left wondering what the hell is going on as you play through its opening hours. Resident Evil Requiem builds atop a three-decade legacy of survival horror, so you’re going to have to do some homework before you get started. To help you out, we’ve put together a (very condensed) synopsis of the main Resident Evil story and everything you need to know leading into Resident Evil Requiem, presented in chronological order. As I’m sure you’ve already worked out, the following contains spoilers – lots and lots of spoilers – for the entire Resident Evil series prior to Requiem. Resident Evil Zero July 23, 1998 It’s July 23, 1998. The Bravo Team of Raccoon City Police’s elite S.T.A.R.S division is dispatched to investigate a number of murders in the Arklay region. The team believe evidence can be found...

We've rounded up the best deals for Saturday, January 31, below. Don't miss your chance to save on these deals! Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles for $27.99 Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles is just $27.99 at Woot today, marking the lowest we've seen this game yet. As one of the best Final Fantasy games ever, this remaster is the perfect way to experience the beloved classic with enhanced modern features like fast-forward, autosave, and more. ASUS ROG Xbox Ally for $489.99 Amazon has the Asus ROG Xbox Ally on sale for $489.99, which matches the all-time low price we've seen before. You can save $110 on this portable PC equipped with everything you need to play or stream your Xbox games. Pre-Order Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Today Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is up for pre-order, with a release date of April 16 revealed earlier this week. This highly anticipated game is playable on both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Swi...

A new Arc Raiders duplication glitch has fans worried about exploits, but others just want to know why it’s being used to spawn mountains of rubber duck trinkets. The Headwinds update brought new content, alongside fresh gameplay tweaks, when it launched for Arc Raiders players across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S earlier this week. While the 40+ level matchmaking option, Solo vs. Squads, was positioned by developer Embark Studios to be its big selling point, some players are more concerned with the return of an item duplication exploit and how it has affected the in-game (duck) economy. WHAT THE DUCK IS THIS????? We found two dead raiders with absolutely nothing but full stacks of ducks??? by u/granto in ArcRaiders Although players are no doubt using the dupe glitch to amass piles of rare items like blueprints, it seems a few fans are manipulating the system to make some serious coin – and maybe even a quick joke. The duck has slowly become a bit of a running ga...

Two weeks ago, I happily attended my first-ever pre-release event for a new Magic: the Gathering set. This was for Lorwyn Eclipsed, which veteran players inform me is a long-awaited return to the fantasy stylings of Magic's Lorwyn plane after nearly 20 years. As you can imagine, there were a lot of long-time Magic fans who were very excited about this release, but in the minutes before my pre-release event began, I kept overhearing a tone of anxiety in the conversations around me. The cause of the anxiety? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. If you've never been to a pre-release event, what happens is this: you're given a nice little box that contains several booster packs, which you will use to build a deck for the event and play some matches with other attendees. The boxes also tend to contain other goodies, which in the case of Lorwyn Eclipsed involved a deck box, a die, and a single foil card from the set. The foil you get is random, but it's supposed to come from t...

Inevitably, the New California Republic Power Armor that made such a dramatic appearance in the latest episode of the Fallout TV show is now in Fallout 76 . But rather than sell it via the in-game shop and thus allow players to buy it with Atoms, Fallout 76’s virtual currency, it is only available as part of a standalone DLC bundle priced $30. In lieu of a brand new Fallout video game, Bethesda has leaned heavily on Fallout 76 to capitalize on boosted interest in all things Fallout following the breakout success of the Prime Video TV show. Fallout 76 has Walton Goggins’ character The Ghoul dishing out quests, for example. There is a New Vegas-style expansion (Season 2 is set in New Vegas — or what’s left of it). And now Fallout 76 has the NCR Power Armor that Maximus uses to fight a pack of Deathclaws in Episode 7. Never underestimate the power of brand recognition. pic.twitter.com/vuHbfcQ6EB — FALLOUT⚡️ (@falloutonprime) January 28, 2026 That NCR Power Armor is a big talking po...

Magic: The Gathering feels like it’s more popular than ever, and with no fewer than seven sets on the roadmap , here’s hoping there’s something for everyone. The first set of the year is Lorwyn Eclipsed , and it’s pretty darn great, actually. It’s also causing some big changes to card value as players rush to upgrade its precons, particularly the Blight Curse one. Thanks to our friends at TCGplayer , we’ve got a rundown of the movers and shakers kicking off the latest set. Climbers We’ll get to the Blight Curse deck in a moment, but this Spider-Man Land is seeing some play since it works with the Dance of the Elements precon. As Multiversal Passage enters, it can become any basic land you need it to be, entering tapped or being ready to go at the cost of two life. It’s wobbling at around $10 right now, but was half that just weeks ago. OK, it’s Auntie Ool’s time to shine. The Commander behind Blight Curse deck is all about putting -1/-1 counters on cards, and that makes ...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is 22 years old, which as you can imagine means that people have cracked that game wide open with weird glitches, skips, and tricks. Over the years, speedrunners have found ways to break San Andreas that got an any% speedrun of it down to a little under three hours, but recently an absolutely buckwild bug was found that cut that time down even further, to under an hour. Buckle up, folks, because this is one heck of a wacky speedrun. First, some context. San Andreas has been broken and rebroken many times over the years across its multiple versions, and there's one specific "trick" that's upended the speedrunning landscape multiple times. It actually originated in GTA: Vice City, where a trick known as Script Stack Underflow (SSU) was found that chopped an any% run down to around eight minutes. Way back in 2019 , San Andreas runners found something similar that they called "Arbitrary Jump in Script", or AJS, specifically in t...

Magic: The Gathering is collaborating with Marvel again for a cardboard showdown between classic heroes and villains, and now the set is up for preorder at Amazon. Now, to clarify, these listings have just gone live as yours truly was scouring to see what news there was on them, so they’re about as fresh from the oven as you can get - but there’s still some placeholder text there. In any case, here’s what you can preorder right now. Marvel’s MTG Set Is Up For UK Preorder The humble Play Booster Pack is available for £5.99 for a single one , a box of 30 for £174.99 , or a bundle that contains nine of them for £60.99 . A gift bundle is £77.45 and contains one Collector Booster. Jumpstart Boosters are back for £10.99 each , or a box for £139.99 . Collector Boosters are where the money is, but as yet, it’s just individual packs there. Those are £34.99 each . If you’re new to Magic: The Gathering, there’s a new Beginner box available . Not only does this version of the boxed prod...

Elden Ring: Nightreign is getting a tabletop RPG adaptation from Group SNE, the same team behind the tabletop RPG versions of Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Armored Core 6. This news was first spotted by Polygon having been shared by Kadokawa's official Fujimi Dragon Book Editorial account on Twitter/X . According to the post, it's set to be published soon, in spring of 2026. There aren't any further details as to what this campaign will entail, but as a Nightreign lover, I don't find it too hard to imagine. Nightreign already has a wonderfully clear-cut class system, and the potential for different DMs to shuffle abilities, monsters, bosses, hazards, events, points of interest is extremely strong. Like the game itself, such a campaign could be extremely replayable as well. There is a sneak peek of the Nightreign campaign coming in GM Warlock magazine , but unless you can read Japanese, this probably isn't that useful to you. We also don't even know that it ...

Dispatch, the superhero workplace comedy made by Telltale veterans at AdHoc Studio, is out now on Nintendo Switch. But a number of excited new and returning players aren't super happy about the release, as it turns out the game has been pretty aggressively censored on the system. It's been well-known since its release on other platforms that Dispatch is a game with signficant adult content. Some characters are fully or partially naked in various scenes, with their full anatomy on display. There are some sex scenes where characters make sounds associated with sex. Sometimes characters flip the bird at one another. For those who don't want to see all this, there's a censorship toggle in the settings that covers up the nudity and the middle fingers, and silences any unwanted sex noises. On most platforms, this is entirely optional and up to the player to turn on. But not on Nintendo Switch. Earlier today, reports began to drop from reviewers of the Switch version tha...

Capcom has dropped another Monster Hunter Wilds patch that aims to improve optimization for "Steam-specific processes" and address the game's long-standing PC issues. "After receiving user reports, our internal testing confirmed that CPU load could increase around the Support Desk at Base Camp or the Grand Hub," the developer wrote in the patch notes, below. "This is due to claimed content status check processes to notify the player if there is unclaimed content in the Support Desk, as indicated by an exclamation point (!)." The notes go on to confirm that this issue — which causes frames to drop only in the Base Camp and Grand Hub, depending upon if you have any "unclaimed content" — is "an unintended bug and will be resolved with this update." Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 4 — which ushered in a long list of gameplay and balance changes, as well as CPU/GPU improvements, load reduction, and the optimization of "PC...

A collectible statue apparently due for release alongside the unannounced Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake has popped up online. Ubisoft is yet to make its Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake official, but the game's arrival has long been expected following a constant series of leaks . Now, fans have seemingly gotten a first look at merchandise for the game, in the shape of a new statue designed by collectible maker Pure Arts. The lavish design features Black Flag hero Edward Kenway sat on a treasure chest that's spilling gold coins, leaning back against his ship's wheel, a cutlass and pistol in each hand. The statue is then topped off by a large billowing flag featuring the game's logo: the Assassin's Creed sigil with a skull in the middle. ⚠️ LEAK BLACK FLAG REMAKE ? Un gars sur Vinted vend une toute nouvelle figurine de Edward Kenway et prétend qu'elle sortirait cette année. En sachant que le remake de Black Flag était censé sortir dans ...